The Role
Develops and promotes critical power solutions across the Middle East, including UPS systems, transfer switching equipment, and power monitoring solutions. Provides pre-sales technical guidance, product selection, application support, training, and seminars to consultants, engineering firms, and key clients. Builds regional relationships, monitors tenders and market trends, supports commercial strategies, and ensures compliance with applicable requirements. The role requires extensive travel, strong electrical expertise, and fluency in English and Arabic.
Summary Generated by Built In
Electrical specification engineer F/M/X.
Based in Dubai, you will support the development of Socomec’s critical power solutions throughout the Middle East. Under the management of the Specification and Marketing manager, you promote and specify UPS systems, transfer switching equipment and power monitoring solutions during the design phase of customer projects. You combine technical expertise, relationship management and business development to strengthen Socomec’s position with consultants, engineering firms and key clients.
Responsibilities- Develop and strengthen a professional network of consultants, specifiers, engineering firms and key clients through regular visits and face-to-face events.
- Specify and promote UPS systems, transfer switching equipment and power monitoring solutions for new projects and existing installations.
- Provide pre-sales technical advice, application support and product selection guidance to consultants and key clients.
- Collaborate with regional sales and marketing teams to identify opportunities, monitor tenders and support commercial strategies.
- Deliver technical training and seminars for consultants and engineering partners across the region.
- Monitor market trends, competitor solutions and project pipelines while ensuring compliance with international, company and local market requirements.
- Must have a bachelor’s degree in electrical or electronic engineering, or a related field.
- Must have at least five years of experience specifying or promoting UPS, switchgear or power management solutions.
- Must have strong knowledge of electrical systems and power management architectures.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic, with availability to travel across the Middle East for at least 60% of the time.
The extras that could make you even more unique:
- Experience managing specification activities across several countries or regions.
- Experience engaging directly with consultants, engineering firms and key clients.
- Experience delivering technical seminars or product training.
Because there’s more to your profile than just professional skills:
- Strong communication and presentation skills to explain complex technical solutions clearly.
- Relationship-building skills to create trusted, long-term partnerships with regional stakeholders.
- Analytical thinking to monitor markets, competitors and project pipelines and position the appropriate solution.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, or a related field
- At least five years of experience specifying or promoting UPS, switchgear, or power management solutions
- Strong knowledge of electrical systems and power management architectures
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic
- Availability to travel across the Middle East at least 60% of the time
- Experience managing specification activities across multiple countries or regions
- Experience engaging directly with consultants, engineering firms, and key clients
- Experience delivering technical seminars or product training
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 1922, SOCOMEC is an independent industrial group with a workforce of 4200 experts spread over 30 subsidiaries in the world. Our core business: the availability, control and safety of low voltage electrical networks serving our customers’ power performance. In 2023, SOCOMEC posted a turnover of 843M€.
